I hurriedly said, "Clyde, my car is out of gas and my phone is running out of battery. Can you come pick me up? It's so cold here and there's nothing to eat."
Looking at my phone’s 1% battery, I silently prayed it would last a little longer.
But there was laughter on the other end.
Then Clyde's best friend, Nick Hanson, spoke loudly.
"Angela, we made a bet with Clyde. If you can hold on in my villa with no food, no water, and no electricity until the wedding day, it means that you really love Clyde."
"All of our friends from Clyde’s in-laws' side will call you sister-in-law in the future. We’ll make sure to advise Clyde to calm down and stop thinking about our goddess, first love, Betty."
I was stunned. It had been snowing heavily for a month, and the roads were treacherous. Most of the city was blocked.
There was no water, no electricity, no food or drink. How could we hold on until the wedding a week later?
Clyde said he needed to take his blood pressure medicine, but he forgot it at Nick’s villa. So, he asked me to drive there to get it. I risked my life, driving so far to retrieve the medicine.